6.9 / 10
(79 votes)
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.
United States of America
Comedy,
Romance
67 minutes
1940
Preston Sturges
Paramount Pictures
2005
6.7
1928
7.0
1949
6.8
1930
1.0
1982
5.8
1979
4.0
1991
6.9
2006
7.2
1953
0.0
2014
7.1
1946
0.0
2008
5.7
1954
7.1
1977
6.9
1990
6.4
1989
6.7
1954
6.9
1977
4.7
2009
6.5
1970
7.0